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Well, plastics that end up in the environment will degrade by the elements into microplastics, and rainwater will carry them to the oceans (or salt lakes, but I
by tuukkah 3y ago
Well, plastics that end up in the environment will degrade by the elements into microplastics, and rainwater will carry them to the oceans (or salt lakes, but I know none in Germany).
There are differences in statistics between EU countries, they might tell something interesting.
EDIT: "considered to be at risk of missing one or more material-specific targets, with plastic being the most critical material:
Plastics: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain" https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2023%3A304%3AFIN&qid=1686220362244 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A20...